Partition bracket



Nov. 5, 1929. J. TAUSSIG PARTITION BRACKET Filed April 15, 1929 vij m IPatented Nov. 5, 1929 PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH TAUSSIG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOISPARTITION BRACKET Application filed April 15,

This invention relates to partition brackets, and its principal objectis to provide a bracket composed of a single piece of sheet metal struckup with suitable dies to form upstanding members arranged to providechannels for receiving glass or other light partitions such as arecommonly employed in connection with bins or receptacles for displayingarticles of merchandise on counters, desks,

tables, shelves and the like. Another object is to provide an extremelycheap, simple and efficient bracket capable of holding in placelengthwise and crosswise extending partitions.

The invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter fullyset forth and particularly defined in the claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the drawing accompanying thisspecification in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a partitionbracket embodying a simple form of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan thereof;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation; and

Fig. 4 is a plan of the blank from which one of the brackets is formed.

Referring to said drawing which illustrates a simple embodiment of thepresent invention,

the reference character 5 designates a base member the width of which isrelatively narrow as compared with its length, and said base member isformed with apertures 6 in its end portions for receiving screws ornails for attaching the bracket to a counter, desk, table, shelf, or thelike. The ends 7 of the base member may project laterally thereof, ifdesired, so as to afford a relatively wide base portion for the bracket.

Extending upwardly from the edges of the base memberare upstanding sidemembers 8, 8, which, as a preference, converge towards each other attheir upper ends, and at least one upstanding side member 8 hasupstand-' ing wing portions 9, 9, struck up from the body of the sidemember to provide laterally projecting wings that converge towards eachother. A middle upstanding web 10 is left in the side member containingthe wings, and the wing members are bent out from the edge 1929. SerialNo. 355,102.

portions of said upstanding web. One of the side members may beunprovided with the wing members, but when both side members are formedwith them, the latter are struck up so as to project in oppositedirections from the side members and in approximate alignment with eachother.

The side members 8, 8, form between them a channel in which is receiveda glass or other light partition that may extend from one bracket toanother. Sometimes the artition extends through several brackets. T ewings 9, 9, form channels for receiving the end portions of glass orother light material which may extend between oppositely disposedbrackets. By bending the side members 8, 8, and the wings 9, 9, of eachpair of wings towards each other, they firmly grip the sides of theglass partitions and rigidly hold them in place. It will be understoodthat the material from which the brackets are made is resilient so as toafford a spring tension against the sides of the partitions.

The blank from which the bracket is made in seen in Fig. 4. A blank ofthis form is struck up from sheet metal by suitable dies, and during theblanking operation, the edge portions of the wing members 9 are cutthrough the material and the wings bent up in one operation. The edgeportions of the wings are indicated by the solid lines 9 in Fig. 4. Thewing portions are bent along parallel lines, indicated by 9 and thespace between said lines comprises the central web portion 10 of a sidemember of the bracket. After the blank has been formed with the wingsstruck up therefrom, the two side members are bent up along linesindicated by the dotted lines 5*, thereby completing the bracket. Thepart of the blank between the dotted lines 5 comprises the base member 5of the bracket. The brackets with wings formed in both side members areused to hold partitions that extend from both sides of the longitudinalpartition, and the brack' ets with the wings in one side member only areused where the cross partition, extends from the longitudinal partitionin one direction only. The marginal portions of the blank at the sidesand outer ends of the wing portions form the end portions and top ortionof the side member of the bracket n which the wings are employed, as isclearly seen in Fig. 1.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A bracket of the character described composed of a single piece ofsheet metal and comprising a base member, and two upstanding sidemembers bent up from the edge portions of the base member to form apartition receiving channel therebetween, at least one of said sidemembers having two laterally projecting wing portions formed from thematerial of said side member and bent out from the middle portionthereof to form a partition receiving channel between them.

2. A bracket of the character described composed of a single piece ofsheet metal and comprising a flat base member having apertured ends, andtwo upstanding converging side members bent up from the edge portions ofthe base member to form a partition receiving channel therebetween, atleast one of said members having two laterally projecting and convergingwing portions formed from the material of said side member and bent outfrom the middle portion thereof to form a partition receiving channelbetween them.

3. A bracket of the character described composed of a single piece ofsheet metal and comprising a flat base member having apertured ends, andtwo upstanding side members bent up from the edge portions of the basemember to form a partition receiving channel therebetween, each sidemember having two laterally projecting wing portions formed from thematerial of the side member and bent out from the middle portionthereof, the wing portions of the tWo side members being oppositelydisposed and forming aligned partition receiving channels.

4. A bracket of the character described composed of a single piece ofsheet metal and comprising a flat base member having a ertured ends, andtwo upstanding side mem ers bent up from the edge portions of the basemember to form a partition receiving channel therebetween, at least oneof said side members having upright end portions, a middle uprightportion and a horizontal top portion, and there being two Wingsprojecting laterally from the side edges of the middle upright portionand composed of the material struck up between the end portions andmiddle portion, said wings forming a partition receiving channel betweenthem.

5. A bracket of the character described composed of a single piece ofsheet metal and comprising a flat base member having apertured ends, andtwo upstanding converging side members bent up from the edge portions ofthe base member to form a partition receiving channel therebetween, eachside member having upright end portions, a middle upright portion and ahorizontal top portion, and there being two converging wings projectinglaterally from the edge portions of the middle upright members andcomposed of the material struck up between the end portions and middleportion, the wings of each side member being oppositely disposed andeach pair of wings forming a partition receiving channel between them.

JOSEPH TAUSSIG.

